Good morning. It’s Monday, August 25. Today we are covering:

* Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5

* Sony is building a vast games empire: Can it keep control?

* Silicon Valley Launches Pro-AI PACs to Defend Industry in Midterm Elections

* AI browsers may be the best thing that ever happened to scammers

* Uber CEO Says Building Camera-Only Self-Driving System 'Very Difficult'-Elon Musk Responds, 'Turned Off The Radars In Teslas To Increase Safety'

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